year	EU 15 upper limit	EU 15 lower limit	EU 15 million tonnes CO2 equivalent	EU 27 upper limit	EU 27 million tonnes CO2 equivalent	EU 27 lower limit
1990	4249.34	4249.34	4249.34	5583.13	5583.13	5583.13
1991	4265.02	4265.02	4265.02	5485.2	5485.2	5485.2
1992	4175.95	4175.95	4175.95	5282.94	5282.94	5282.94
1993	4108.81	4108.81	4108.81	5183.74	5183.74	5183.74
1994	4106.27	4106.27	4106.27	5158.46	5158.46	5158.46
1995	4149.3	4149.3	4149.3	5212.62	5212.62	5212.62
1996	4233.36	4233.36	4233.36	5321.35	5321.35	5321.35
1997	4170.93	4170.93	4170.93	5227.5	5227.5	5227.5
1998	4189.68	4189.68	4189.68	5184.98	5184.98	5184.98
1999	4129.01	4129.01	4129.01	5075.1	5075.1	5075.1
2000	4139.24	4139.24	4139.24	5078.14	5078.14	5078.14
2001	4182.63	4182.63	4182.63	5131.26	5131.26	5131.26
2002	4156.37	4156.37	4156.37	5086.05	5086.05	5086.05
2003	4209.48	4209.48	4209.48	5172.27	5172.27	5172.27
2004	4211.85	4211.85	4211.85	5177.93	5177.93	5177.93
2005	4180.34	4180.34	4180.34	5148.71	5148.71	5148.71
2006	4142.04	4142.04	4142.04	5132.29	5132.29	5132.29
2007	4083.32	4083.32	4083.32	5078.98	5078.98	5078.98
2008	3999.05	3999.05	3999.05	4974.39	4974.39	4974.39
2009	3719.15	3719.15	3719.15	4609.88	4609.88	4609.88
2010	3797.61	3797.61	3797.61	4720.88	4720.88	4720.88
2011	3797.61	3664.06	3797.61	4720.88	4600.85	4720.88